Election 2009

  • Chinese countenance

    Chinese countenance

    Fri, 05/29/2009 - 3:08 PM
    Vice President Jusuf Kalla (center) and his wife make their way out of a Chinese temple in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Friday. Kalla is looking for support from the Chinese Indonesian community in...

  • Kalla to compete with SBY in presidential race

    Wed, 04/22/2009 - 12:40 PM
    After weeks of intensive talks, Golkar and the Democrat Party failed to reach agreement on a coalition, ending the plan to pair Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kalla in the upcoming presidential...

  • SBY heads east, Kalla goes west

    Tue, 03/10/2009 - 9:52 AM
    A long weekend means leisure for most, but not for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who could likely face off in the upcoming presidential election.

  • State ignores the right of citizens in polls

    Mon, 05/11/2009 - 9:14 AM
    The failure of up to 40 percent of voters unable to cast ballots in the legislative elections is evidence of  massive violation of citizens’ right to vote by the state, the National Commission...

  • Vote counting requires strict monitoring

    Thu, 04/09/2009 - 10:48 AM
    New voting procedures greatly raise the possibility of manipulation and fraud, including vote buying, false ballots and voter names, during election day and vote counting.

  • SBY pledges peace in Aceh

    Sun, 03/29/2009 - 7:22 PM
    President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vowed to maintain peace and security in Aceh, during his first campaign stop in the province for his Democratic Party.

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